A Community Update from SBR

[pavyracer]

if the intent was to have points continue to be worth "the same or more" then why did orders get canceled?

i guess we could get our monthly "quit bitching about the sbr store!" from one of the mods... because apparently sam9ball is the only person on the planet that would know how to transfer bitcoin

I don't know who is pulling the strings. It's not the mods who run the day to day operations. My guess is the owners hired an outside consultant to do a study on the viability of the betpoints program in conjuction with the store and once they finish their report the owners will decide the future of it and what will it offer. They maybe also in with negotiations with the US based books to offer Sportsbook cash or other promotions instead of just bitcoin and giftcards. Remember the new owners bought something that they need to research before deciding how to make it better that it was before.

[Roger T. Bannon]

Orders were cancelled because there was a run on the bank. This site is obviously is not profitable and is not going to be anytime soon. The new owners had quite a problem on their hands.

So now they are trying to figure out how to make things work. This is a heck of a job. They have to determine how much they are willing to lose. They have to determine if what they are going to do is going to work.

They are trying to move forward with their plan and maintain the old SBR as much as possible.

They are not going to do things on your schedule. They don't even know what they are going to do.

All you can do is sit back and watch 2022 and see what happens. Consider your betpoints gone and if you ever get paid for any, you'll be a happy guy.

[milwaukee mike]

Orders were cancelled because there was a run on the bank. This site is obviously is not profitable and is not going to be anytime soon. The new owners had quite a problem on their hands.

So now they are trying to figure out how to make things work. This is a heck of a job. They have to determine how much they are willing to lose. They have to determine if what they are going to do is going to work.

They are trying to move forward with their plan and maintain the old SBR as much as possible.

They are not going to do things on your schedule. They don't even know what they are going to do.

All you can do is sit back and watch 2022 and see what happens. Consider your betpoints gone and if you ever get paid for any, you'll be a happy guy.

that's all just bullshit enabling if true

if points are worth something, then open the store

if they aren't worth anything, then quit giving contest payouts and other payments in points

this isn't fukking difficult

[Kindred]

penetrate you for turning your back on the books that got you here SBR...

I didn't read that shit, I'm drunk..but the SBR odds are a joke now so that forms my opinion since I'm a steam chasing, pinny lean betting degen and I learned all that here on SBR and used SBR odds religously and mid season you pulled the rug out from under me after well over 10 years of this being the only trustworthy gambling site on the internet.

That being said, I still hope for the best for this site. It's been the best gambling site, and I do sports and poker more than sports and still trusted and enjoyed this site more than any other gambling related site...hope it works out, really do, but the SBR Odds are a joke

[Kindred]

penetrate you for turning your back on the books that got you here SBR...

I didn't read that shit, I'm drunk..but the SBR odds are a joke now so that forms my opinion since I'm a steam chasing, pinny lean betting degen and I learned all that here on SBR and used SBR odds religously and mid season you pulled the rug out from under me after well over 10 years of this being the only trustworthy gambling site on the internet.

That being said, I still hope for the best for this site. It's been the best gambling site, and I do sports and poker more than sports and still trusted and enjoyed this site more than any other gambling related site...hope it works out, really do, but the SBR Odds are a joke

It don't matter what I say, but to this day I'd still trust SBR more than any garbage site on the web which they all are...SBR didn't have a hidden agenda and I actually learned shit here I'd never learn anywhere. Hate that they have new sponsors but don't trust anyone else, maybe half trust SBR posters and half do your own homeowork. either way, SBR is still king of who to trust in online gambling,period.

Want to learn, SBR thinktank is where you belong. Any other site is just trying to get your money, promise you that much.

[The Kraken]

penetrate you for turning your back on the books that got you here SBR...

I didn't read that shit, I'm drunk..but the SBR odds are a joke now so that forms my opinion since I'm a steam chasing, pinny lean betting degen and I learned all that here on SBR and used SBR odds religously and mid season you pulled the rug out from under me after well over 10 years of this being the only trustworthy gambling site on the internet.

That being said, I still hope for the best for this site. It's been the best gambling site, and I do sports and poker more than sports and still trusted and enjoyed this site more than any other gambling related site...hope it works out, really do, but the SBR Odds are a joke

Well, "SBR" didnt really turn their backs on the books, that version or SBR is now BMR. So it still exists

As for this SBR, theres no way to rep both legal US operations and offshore. So this SBR is the US side. That SBR is the offshore side.

Anyways, its all business man. John made bank off both running SBR and selling SBR. He is by any definition a successful business man. Kudos

[milwaukee mike]

Well, "SBR" didnt really turn their backs on the books, that version or SBR is now BMR. So it still exists

As for this SBR, theres no way to rep both legal US operations and offshore. So this SBR is the US side. That SBR is the offshore side.

Anyways, its all business man. John made bank off both running SBR and selling SBR. He is by any definition a successful business man. Kudos

do you mean "kudos" or "jon cheers"

love that classic post, hey let's grab a beer and discuss how i can grade your book a B+ and keep it there when i know you're insolvent

[Kindred]

do you mean "kudos" or "jon cheers"

love that classic post, hey let's grab a beer and discuss how i can grade your book a B+ and keep it there when i know you're insolvent

I rememember you too mike...sorry I'm wasted! but really very few people over my decades plus "career" of online gambling, from 2006 and party poker banned to the start of betpoints and all between. I'm sure I missed plenty of +EV during the "inetween" and maybe it has just been too long...but
I remember you mohterfucker~you and maybe six other names on SBR! You can't fake it, you know +EV, you been around longer than me. lSorry I so drunk, but I remember you as one of the good guys, penetrate +EV, you were straight up honest which is more valuable than +EV..okay nothing more valuable than +EV but you are close to it as it came.

I know I'm just drunk, but a few of your names remind me there was more than chasing +EV, and for whatever reason your name is one of them. thank you

[Kindred]

All you guys thinking experience means nothing, line said 9ers I ignore it but it was too obvous. Vegas doesn't give away money.
Steelers I'm also not on, but biggest dog in wildcard history..I should have liteneed asl chiefs down 7-0 as I type this. Since I have chiefs -6.5 in teaser I hope I'm wrong, but NFL is the one league you want to fade everyone always....

[milwaukee mike]

I rememember you too mike...sorry I'm wasted! but really very few people over my decades plus "career" of online gambling, from 2006 and party poker banned to the start of betpoints and all between. I'm sure I missed plenty of +EV during the "inetween" and maybe it has just been too long...but
I remember you mohterfucker~you and maybe six other names on SBR! You can't fake it, you know +EV, you been around longer than me. lSorry I so drunk, but I remember you as one of the good guys, penetrate +EV, you were straight up honest which is more valuable than +EV..okay nothing more valuable than +EV but you are close to it as it came.

I know I'm just drunk, but a few of your names remind me there was more than chasing +EV, and for whatever reason your name is one of them. thank you

hey i've been drinking too much myself today

to the point where i hit the cowboys for 500 when they were coming back, when i was trying to bet 50

thought i was gonna get a miracle at the end, to save my stupid ass

[Roger T. Bannon]

that's all just bullshit enabling if true

if points are worth something, then open the store

if they aren't worth anything, then quit giving contest payouts and other payments in points

this isn't fukking difficult

I think they intend to make points worth something in the future but they are not willing to do it now. You are basically getting an option on future points.

Giving out points is a good strategy for contests. You get some excitement and keep them hanging on.

They paid out $10,000 on a lousy bowl contest. That automatically puts them well above any other forum and we are not even out of January. Not any reason to be pessimistic but no reason to be looking for points payouts any time soon.

[Kindred]

hey i've been drinking too much myself today

to the point where i hit the cowboys for 500 when they were coming back, when i was trying to bet 50

thought i was gonna get a miracle at the end, to save my stupid ass

haha I been there, live betting should be renamed drunk betting!

At least I am not the only one that thought cowgirls had too much talent to lose...shit happens, not the first bet we lost surely won't be the last one..still sucks big hairy donkey nuts though lol not sure why I think that's funny I

blame jagermeister for real though, I saw the line, knew it wasn't gonna be as close as I thoguht, yet no penetrating way the 9ers have a chance. Shit happens I guess, that or the always true, "you don't know as much as you think you know" when it comes to outsmarting the sportsbooks..whatever it is, it ruined my day, can still come out positive but barely, if I got cowgirls I couldn't lose..

Anyway nice to see you mike, think you used to play playersonly BJ weekly $200 bonus or at least a casino bonus which was totally +ev like that one or not sure I'dremember your handle here. So many here think casinos are rigged blah balah, and I was one of them until I wasn't...but there were a few that had a clue where I was getting my $ from and I honestly believe you are one of them or I wouldn't recognize your name..mikey likes it, of course I know the name
Anyway I'm so far from a pro or expert on gambling, I just won't pass on lies to profit for myelf which might not be as common as I thought when I originally was offended by it, but it's real and you've seen it...I was ready to ramble on but you get the point..not that you need me but i'm here for you if you ever do mikey! I'm drunk but I know who I'm talking to, not shitfaced..so I'm here mikey and I'm here for you and anyone you are close to that needs it, us gamblers need to stick together, penetrating commies want to take us out lol...

[Kindred]

haha I been there, live betting should be renamed drunk betting!

At least I am not the only one that thought cowgirls had too much talent to lose...shit happens, not the first bet we lost surely won't be the last one..still sucks big hairy donkey nuts though lol not sure why I think that's funny I

blame jagermeister for real though, I saw the line, knew it wasn't gonna be as close as I thoguht, yet no penetrating way the 9ers have a chance. Shit happens I guess, that or the always true, "you don't know as much as you think you know" when it comes to outsmarting the sportsbooks..whatever it is, it ruined my day, can still come out positive but barely, if I got cowgirls I couldn't lose..

Anyway nice to see you mike, think you used to play playersonly BJ weekly $200 bonus or at least a casino bonus which was totally +ev like that one or not sure I'dremember your handle here. So many here think casinos are rigged blah balah, and I was one of them until I wasn't...but there were a few that had a clue where I was getting my $ from and I honestly believe you are one of them or I wouldn't recognize your name..mikey likes it, of course I know the name
Anyway I'm so far from a pro or expert on gambling, I just won't pass on lies to profit for myelf which might not be as common as I thought when I originally was offended by it, but it's real and you've seen it...I was ready to ramble on but you get the point..not that you need me but i'm here for you if you ever do mikey! I'm drunk but I know who I'm talking to, not shitfaced..so I'm here mikey and I'm here for you and anyone you are close to that needs it, us gamblers need to stick together, penetrating commies want to take us out lol...

I hit submit cause I realized I was drunk and wasn't replying to an email but a post on SBR...

Any commie that opposes me, well I sincerely pray for you cause you are gonna need it. Any gambler just posting on SBR that I somehow overlooked in one way or the other I didn't forget you I'm just drunk. Anyone else looking for someone honest in the gambling world, I can only say LT profits is your only and best hope. I been around a minute, it's all lies and empty promises, LT I cant' see ever offering either to you, the only stand up guy in gambling I am aware of. You can prove me wrong I sincerely want to know about it.
Jagermiester, my new best friend lol. Lt gave everyone an angle in college football that proves forever he is one of the very very few stand up guys in sports betting, at least in my opinion!

[Optional]

I don't know who is pulling the strings. It's not the mods who run the day to day operations. My guess is the owners hired an outside consultant to do a study on the viability of the betpoints program in conjuction with the store and once they finish their report the owners will decide the future of it and what will it offer. They maybe also in with negotiations with the US based books to offer Sportsbook cash or other promotions instead of just bitcoin and giftcards. Remember the new owners bought something that they need to research before deciding how to make it better that it was before.

This is kinda sorta close to the situation as I understand it too.

But it's not been well planned and the people who the job has been thrown at were/are also still working on other projects as well.

The changeover has been way too slow but we are slowly getting our own dedicated staff and everything is progressing, albeit slowly.

If you have a look at the new book reviews that have been posted so far, you can see from the style that they are more about offering good info than chasing signups with marketing guff.

[ttratter]

Can anyone explain why the odds page is so hit or miss? I use the as a great tool to evaluate my wagers. Any help would be great, thank you.

[milwaukee mike]

This is kinda sorta close to the situation as I understand it too.

But it's not been well planned and the people who the job has been thrown at were/are also still working on other projects as well.

The changeover has been way too slow but we are slowly getting our own dedicated staff and everything is progressing, albeit slowly.

If you have a look at the new book reviews that have been posted so far, you can see from the style that they are more about offering good info than chasing signups with marketing guff.

how is sbr going to make enough cash going forward? hard to get monthly payments from betrivers for giving them a D+

ratings are so inconsistent... what would circa or betrivers be if they were offshore, instead of C-/D+

[Roger T. Bannon]

This is kinda sorta close to the situation as I understand it too.

I hope not. But would not be surprised. You don't need to hire a consultant to tell you the viability of the betpoints program. And they sure as hell are not going to tell you how to make it work. You have to have a vision. They bought this site with a vision.

[The Kraken]

I hope not. But would not be surprised. You don't need to hire a consultant to tell you the viability of the betpoints program. And they sure as hell are not going to tell you how to make it work. You have to have a vision. They bought this site with a vision.

You tell us whats going on, remember? You're the one thats been right all along and has all the answers

[Roger T. Bannon]

You tell us whats going on, remember? You're the one thats been right all along and has all the answers

Kraken why don't you let me know when I am wrong?

Remember when you thought Oklahoma State could get in the Big 10?

That's the difference between you and me.

[Optional]

how is sbr going to make enough cash going forward? hard to get monthly payments from betrivers for giving them a D+

ratings are so inconsistent... what would circa or betrivers be if they were offshore, instead of C-/D+

They have said that they do not want ratings that are influenced at all by referral income considerations, so it must be some other way.

All those books up there now would be A if offshore I guess. As main consideration always seemed to be if they could be relied upon to pay.

Be interesting to see what a book has to do to get an A now.

[stil370]

its sickening, if they regress there will be a boycott from current members. Very few pros (certainly less than 50%) at this point would re-up with annual dues.

[stil370]

I was very happy when i signed up to be a pro 1.5 years ago. That is no longer the case. I check in almost daily to see other member's opinions on what is on the card but other than that I find the forum to be useless. Dont get me wrong I think the loyal members here are terrific.

Such BS-it seems like they ruined a good thing. Good for the owners that sold. I seriously believe the new owners jumped in with very little understanding into this forum. Unfortunately I do not agree with Roger Bannon's assessment about the New owners "vision" . Yes, they had a vision but it did not take into consideration what this forum was really about.

Hell, I could be wrong but deep down I believe the only reason they acquired this forum was to capitalize on legal sports gambling, but thats it, thats the only reason, where as this forum is so much more.

OK, so I went off a bit today but thanks for listening.

[The Kraken]

Kraken why don't you let me know when I am wrong?

Remember when you thought Oklahoma State could get in the Big 10?

That's the difference between you and me.

I dont have time to let you know every time you're wrong. However, next time you're actually right on something I'll make a point to pat ya on the back.

[The Kraken]

its sickening, if they regress there will be a boycott from current members. Very few pros (certainly less than 50%) at this point would re-up with annual dues.

I doubt they would care if a small # of sbr pro's "boycotted"

Its obvious at this point that whoever shelled out the money for this place was thinking more long-term than short. The transition has been rough and they're just now dedicating a person or two to this site So boycott all ya want, it wont make even the slightest difference.

It'll be like when a few liberals chose not to eqt chick fila for a few weeks because chick filas owners were "anti-gay". Chick fila's biz exploded and all those libs are now back eating their waffle fries.

And you too will be back after you realize the only person your lil boycott had any affect on was you

[JAKEPEAVY21]

I was very happy when i signed up to be a pro 1.5 years ago. That is no longer the case. I check in almost daily to see other member's opinions on what is on the card but other than that I find the forum to be useless. Dont get me wrong I think the loyal members here are terrific.

Such BS-it seems like they ruined a good thing. Good for the owners that sold. I seriously believe the new owners jumped in with very little understanding into this forum. Unfortunately I do not agree with Roger Bannon's assessment about the New owners "vision" . Yes, they had a vision but it did not take into consideration what this forum was really about.

Hell, I could be wrong but deep down I believe the only reason they acquired this forum was to capitalize on legal sports gambling, but thats it, thats the only reason, where as this forum is so much more.

OK, so I went off a bit today but thanks for listening.

Just ignore Bannon. The guy hasn't a clue and likes to pretend that he is in the know.

[milwaukee mike]

They have said that they do not want ratings that are influenced at all by referral income considerations, so it must be some other way.

All those books up there now would be A if offshore I guess. As main consideration always seemed to be if they could be relied upon to pay.

Be interesting to see what a book has to do to get an A now.

love the answer, totally agree that offshore the main thing is that they pay

[Roger T. Bannon]

I was very happy when i signed up to be a pro 1.5 years ago. That is no longer the case. I check in almost daily to see other member's opinions on what is on the card but other than that I find the forum to be useless. Dont get me wrong I think the loyal members here are terrific.

Such BS-it seems like they ruined a good thing. Good for the owners that sold. I seriously believe the new owners jumped in with very little understanding into this forum. Unfortunately I do not agree with Roger Bannon's assessment about the New owners "vision" . Yes, they had a vision but it did not take into consideration what this forum was really about.

Hell, I could be wrong but deep down I believe the only reason they acquired this forum was to capitalize on legal sports gambling, but thats it, thats the only reason, where as this forum is so much more.

OK, so I went off a bit today but thanks for listening.

The new owners have a vision. That is different from having vision. Those are two different things.

Obviously, the new owners thought buying SBR was a great idea and they would take advantage of it. It was pretty obvious from the start that they did not actually know how SBR works and why it has been successful.

Nonetheless, the place has huge potential in the future. The question is whether they have the actual vision to make their vision a reality. That is going to take some originality, not just doing what SBR has done in the past.

[Roger T. Bannon]

I dont have time to let you know every time you're wrong. However, next time you're actually right on something I'll make a point to pat ya on the back.

You will think you thought of it.

[BetterBizness]

Pinny a C... Bodog a D...

well that's .. interesting...

[5mike5]

Just ignore Bannon. The guy hasn't a clue and likes to pretend that he is in the know.

This lol

[Roger T. Bannon]

You will always find that the least respected option is the truth.

[USCPHILLYGUY]

Roger do you get a text alert when someone replies to this thread

[Roger T. Bannon]

Roger do you get a text alert when someone replies to this thread

No, it is the only thread I read.

[Mike Huntertz]

The new owners have a vision. That is different from having vision. Those are two different things.

Obviously, the new owners thought buying SBR was a great idea and they would take advantage of it. It was pretty obvious from the start that they did not actually know how SBR works and why it has been successful.

Nonetheless, the place has huge potential in the future. The question is whether they have the actual vision to make their vision a reality. That is going to take some originality, not just doing what SBR has done in the past.

If it ain't broke don't fix it!

[cobra_king]

Yes it will expand.

For now just choose one that is available and "Follow the steps outlined on the renewal page, except NO DEPOSIT will be required at a sportsbook in order to be approved for the 3 month extension."

Hi Optional

I have an account at Pinnacle that was opened long before I joined SBR and I had one at Sports Interaction that they closed on me because that's what they do with winning accounts. Do I still follow the instructions and just put in my active Pinnacle account # to get the 3 month extension or am I out of luck being able to renew because neither are linked to SBR?

Thanks.